Xenia, OhioOctober 1958

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Summary

On a night in 1958, witnesses in Xenia, Ohio saw two pinpoints of light, brighter than a star and with a blue cast. The lights flashed together. The objects moved from east to west. The sighting lasted about one minute. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said Flight Test had two aircraft out testing anti-collision lights at the time. It concluded that one or both of these aircraft were probably what was seen.

Reported location

Xenia, Ohio

Date of incident

October 1958

State / country

OH / US

Page count

11 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Eg i
rE 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS : i E-
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| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSEK VATION 0 Possibly Belloon :
. ; : D Was Aircraft :
: Vocals soir so Sirens sori iin! 8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0: Probably Aircroft }
GME uA UGB ER Ea O Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft §
S. ‘PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical :
Q Yes | OD Probably Astronomical :
~D:No Civilian O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oo | en gl Se ad Be 3
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: > 2 3 0 Unknown :
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i
Two pinpeints of light, brighter Flight Test had two a/c out test- )
than star w/blue cast, flashing ing anti-collision lights. One ;
together, or both of these a/c is probably
what was sighted.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) : : :
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